The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-12-09

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Then he trumpeted and made > rush
His sudden appearances seemed 70
strike the horse with terror. and be
made no move to escape. The great
trunk. held aloft a the beast charged.
struck the horse : ''side swipe" and
knocked him fat, and he was no
sooner down than the elephant knelt
upon him and kneaded him into bloody
pulp. When his vengeance was salts
iied he rose up and rctreatei TO the
thicket. sneaking along As u he
was seeking 10 hide his trail. Il was
m hour later when ! reached the
spot. and ! was 50 angry over the
death Of my stced that nothing the
men could say would stop me from
entering the thicket In search Of the
destroyer. Joe followed me. bearing
. gun. and both Of us were ready for
any trick the beast might be up 70.
but we were too late We found the
spot where he had stood for hours.
and from which he had sailed ont to
attack the horse. but he had quietly
sneakcd Of The elephant, when pur-
suing an ordinary course through the
forest. leaves a broad trail behind him.
He breaks down branches, uproots
small trees, and the prints Of his big
feet could be followed ON horseback
at a gallop. This fellow had gone OF
so softly that we were half an hour In
picking up his trail There was not a
broken branch. and he had set his feet
down with the utmost care, and select
ed the hardest soil After getting .
quarter Of a mile away he had selected
= rocky ridge to travel on. and we soon
lost him entirely.
Our camp was about three miles
from the spot where the horse was
killed We always had one guard and
q couple Of fires. and as there was only
the wild beast to look out for. we had
slept in perfect content. On this night.
1901 after midnight, the guard awoke
me and stated hat some danger
menaced the camp He had heard
what he believed was a body Of men
lurking about. and the bullocks seemed
greatly excited. The camp was aroused
rs quietly rs possible, the fires were
| allowed to burn low, and in a short
| time the statements Of the sentinel
were verified Somebody or some
thing was lurking about We were In
the lion country. but the movements
were too heavy for the king Of beasts
The noise passed clear around the
camp and back. and then MI was quiet
We were under rms for half an hour.
and then. all being still. we lay down.
and all but the sentinel were soon
asleep. An hour later. as suddenly As
IL shot from the gun. the old solitary
Of the day charged into our camp,
frumpeting like the blasts from a loco
motive. and evidently in a great rage
Ii was he who had been lurking about
for two or three hours He had APP
preached the camp as carefully As a
man could walk, and had passed around
it to locate every thing and decide on
a point 10 charge from. When we got
the alarm, he placed himself in the
shadow Of some bushes, and the
natives. who examined the spot, said
he stood there for an hour and . half
without moving a foot
Bloody and destructive work fol-
lowed the charge Of the elephant. He
stepped on and crushed a sleeping
native, picked q second up and dashed
him to the earth a corpse. and broke
the back Of a third who was trying 10
get out of his way. He was soon
among the bullocks. knocking them
right and left with his terrible blows.
and Just then / got my gun ready. His
charge had been 50 sudden and fierce
that we we're all demoralized for two
or three minutes. Fortunately for Us
all, someone had the sense to throw
some light brush on one Of the dying
fires and started a big blaze This
seemed to ~disconcert the elephant, and
he showed signs Of retrcating. In this
he vas encouraged by two Of our bull
locks. who dashed 1t him for a fight
and raked him severely with Their
stout horns. / was dancing about
waiting to get a shot. and I'll tell YOU
what l saw that elephant do. He
picked up 4 bullock weighing at least
nine hundred pounds, and that with
his trunk alone. and swung him alofi
as easily As you can lift an axe over
your head. He held him in the mir .
minute, and then flung him clean cvel
our Cape Colony wagon to the ground
The bullock alighted on a large hear
IL freshly-cut grass. and was but little
| injured. l opened on the elephant
inst as he flung the bullock. and he Al
once bolted out of camp. carrying
| three bullets with him. He has
| scarcely got clear when he steppes
! into 4 hole in the ground. lurchcd for
. ward. and went down with a broker
leg. Before he could get on his fee
I again l had given him his death blow
! He had killed three men and four bull
locks. and wounded one n an and tw'
bullocks and his. death gave US dec
. safisfaction.-N Y. Sun
III
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